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Sitting in Darkness

- New South Fiction, Education, and the Rise of Jim Crow Colonialism, 1865-1920

About Sitting in Darkness

Explores how fiction of the Reconstruction and the New South intervenes in debates over black schools, citizen-building, Jim Crow discrimination, and US foreign policy towards its territories and dependencies. The author urges a reexamination not only of the contents and formal innovations of New South literature but also its importance in US literary history.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9781617032073
  • Binding:
  • Paperback
  • Pages:
  • 277
  • Published:
  • July 29, 2011
  • Dimensions:
  • 152x229x15 mm.
Delivery: 1-2 weeks
Expected delivery: December 5, 2024

Description of Sitting in Darkness

Explores how fiction of the Reconstruction and the New South intervenes in debates over black schools, citizen-building, Jim Crow discrimination, and US foreign policy towards its territories and dependencies. The author urges a reexamination not only of the contents and formal innovations of New South literature but also its importance in US literary history.

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